ChipAgents is revolutionizing chip design with agentic-AI workflows and the industry’s first domain specific LLM for chip design, Renoir. Founded by experts in AI and semiconductor design, we partner with top-10 semiconductor companies, hyperscalers, and cutting-edge startups. Our platform accelerates RTL development, functional verification, and formal verification, unlocking new levels of productivity and design quality.
We are looking for a Strategic Finance & Pricing Lead to help build and own the financial infrastructure that powers ChipAgents' growth. This role sits at the intersection of our finance, sales, and R&D efforts, translating complex enterprise deals, compute economics, and partnership structures into clear pricing strategy, forecasts, and board-ready analysis. You'll play a central role in building the financial rigor and strategic clarity that lets ChipAgents scale sustainably as the business and product grow.
Own forecasting and budgeting across the business
Define and evolve pricing strategy for complex enterprise, midmarket, SMB customers across a variety of LLM and non-LLM based products
Act as deal desk for strategic sales, understanding the financial impact of complex enterprise agreements
Model the business impact of complex, multithreaded partnership agreements
Support fundraising diligence and preparation of board materials
Build the business case and ROI models for major spend decisions, including the purchase of data, model training compute, and inference compute
Partner closely with partnerships, product, and R&D to evaluate buy vs. build vs. partner decisions that advance ChipAgents' roadmap and competitiveness
4–6 years of experience in pricing, investment banking, investing, or FP&A at a high-growth or consumption-based business, with hands-on work in forecasting, financial modeling, or pricing strategy.
Strong track record building and maintaining financial models at scale, including revenue forecasting, budgeting, and scenario/ROI analysis.
Comfort working directly with sales, partnerships, and external stakeholders to structure and evaluate complex enterprise or partnership agreements.
Strong analytical and financial modeling skills (Excel/Google Sheets, SQL, or similar).
Ability to work cross-functionally with partnerships, product, and R&D teams in a fast-moving environment.
Experience with chip design or EDA industry economics, such as tooling licensing models.
Prior experience building or scaling pricing models for a consumption-based or usage-metered products.
Background in the semiconductor or EDA industry.
Build the financial foundation for a category-defining AI platform at the intersection of the two biggest technology waves of the decade, AI and semiconductors.
Own pricing and strategic finance from the ground up at an early-stage company, not inherit a playbook inside a large, established finance org.
Work alongside a world-class technical team and an advisory board of EDA legends, with real product, real customers, and real scale already in production.
ChipAgents is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds.
$150k - 200K base salary + equity. Open to above-scale compensation for exceptional candidates.
Unlimited PTO and full benefits (medical, vision, dental, 401k).
Two engineering-centric offices with free parking, private gym, and free lunch, drinks and snacks.
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